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Y @niet mes @einer @new JOB MILLER, OF WARREN, RHODEI ISLAND. LettersPatent No. 71.039, datati November I9, 1867.

A l IMPROVEMENT IN KNITTING-MAGHINE NEEDLE.

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Be it known that I, Jon MILL-nn, of Warren, Bristol county, State ofRhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inKnitting-Needles; :md I do hereby declare thefollowing description andaccompanying drawings are sufficient to enable lany person skilled inthe art or science towhieh it most nearly appertains to make' and use mysaid invention or improvements without further invention or experiment.

The nature of my invention and improvements consists in a groovedknitting-needle, made or formed by bending or folding sheet metal toform a groovefor the stitch-caster to traverse'in, said groove beingwidest at the bottom, or dove-tailing, sons to hold in thestitch-caster, and allow it to traverse freely in the shank of theneedle. In the accompanying drawings-l v Figure 1 is an elevation of nneedle adapted to a knitting machine,

Figure Zis a plan, and

Figure 3 the caster. v

In these drawings, A is a. needle, made in the form shown, o1' in suchother form as will answer the purpose, and provided with a pointed hook,B, `and its shank is'fnstened into the needle-carrier or stock C bysoldering or otherwise, to adapt it to a knitting-machine. The carrier Chas a. projection, D, at the rearend, by which it is traversed. Thisneedle is made by taking a piece of thin flat wire o1' sheet metal, ofa. proper width and thickness, and folding or bending it on a. former,that will leave the groove, when it is'bent` widest at the bottom, i

when the former is pulled out endwise, andthat part which is to beturned around to form the outer part of the hook may be folded quitetogether, and pointed, and bent around to form the hook, and, ifnecessary, it may he heated in order` to bend it. The caster E is madein the form and shape shown, or in such other form as will answer thepurpose, and fitted to traverse in the groove of the needle, 'so that itwill traverse freely to and from the point of the hook by the actionofthe loops of yarn or stitches; that is, it is pushed from the hook bythe yarn to open the hook, so that the yarn may be fed or laid in thehook. When the stitch has carried the caster back a proper distance, itslips o ver it; and when the stitch moves towards the hook, it pushesthe caster up to the hook, and then slips over both caster and hook, anda new loop pushes the caster back, and repeats the operation. The casterhas a groove, F, in it, for the point of the hook B to make the yarn goover.

I claim a. knitting-machine needle, constructed of sheet metal, andformed as described, in combination with a. stitch-caster, constructedas described, to lit-*said needle, as land for the purpose set forth.

Jon MILLER.

Witnessesz HENRY H. LUTHER, WILLIAM B. LAWSON.

